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Features |
Programs |
| Story
Development |
Power
Structure™ |
Power
Writer™ |
| Must Accomplish Items - running checklist
reminders of things you have to accomplish before you can move to the next
Chapter or Act |
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| Plot Point (Story Beat) Categorization
with Color Highlighting - allows you to visually identify the subplots or parts
of your story so that you can better analyze its structure |
(10 categories) |
(unlimited) |
| Plot Point (Story Beat) Status Icons -
mark any moment as needing more work, being completed, or having any other
status. |
(4 icons) |
(18 icons) |
| Story/Theme, Act, Chapter, Plot Point and
Character Development |
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| Quick Note Entry with
searching |
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| Conflict Tracking with Graphical (and
editable) Display - allows you to define any given plot point as
introducing, heightening and/or resolving one or more
conflicts, then view and edit these conflicts in an easy-to-use graphical
interface |
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| Character Roles in Conflicts - allows you
to specify what role each character plays in a conflict, who's involved in the
conflict and the like |
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| View your project on categorized Index
Cards or as index cards which display both the plot points and each character's
growth or role within it |
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| View your project in a Gestalt View -
letting you step back and "see the forest for the trees" |
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| Display your story development
information while the entire text of a chapter/sequence is still
on-screen |
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| Editing/Reordering Options |
Power
Structure™ |
Power
Writer™ |
| Reorder elements of your project by
dragging and dropping them in the Outline View |
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| Reorder elements of your project by
dragging and dropping them in the Gestalt View |
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| Reorder Plot Points by dragging and
dropping them in the Index Card View |
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| Reorder elements of your project by
dragging and dropping them within a continuous paginated document |
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| Word Processing
Features |
Power
Structure™ |
Power
Writer™ |
| Use Bold/Italics & Underline in your
document |
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| Spell Check and Thesaurus |
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| Real-time Spell Checking with auto-typo
Correction and on-screen underlining of misspelled words |
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| Full dictionary definitions of most
words, including definitions of suggested synonyms |
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| Full Word Processing capabilities
including complete font, margin, line spacing, widow/orphan and Style Sheet
Control |
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| User Defined Alt/Control Keys and
Macros |
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| View your project as a Continuous
Paginated document with optional WYSIWYG Page Layout View |
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| Familiar Windows Word Processor
Interface |
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| Embedded and Referenced Notes |
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| Bookmarks and embedded "live"
hyperlinks |
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| Importing/Exporting |
Power
Structure™ |
Power
Writer™ |
| Power Structure <---> Power
Writer |
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| Movie Magic Screenwriter & Final
Draft Files (with export to RTF) |
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| General RTF Files (e.g. Word
Files) |
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